Word: ascertain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Arnstine was followed by E. L. Viets '11, who argued the negative side. In theory the tax is perfectly fair, but in practice it is most unjust. It would be difficult to ascertain the exact amount of a man's income, his debts and his salary. The fluctuations in a business man's salary would make it almost impossible to determine his income. In Germany, England and Switzerland it has been found to be most harmful, and would it be much better in France? The income tax has made a most conspicuous failure in America; would that same tax succeed...
...payer wishes to avoid taxation, he could easily do so by the income tax. This tax fines a man's income directly whereas the present tax (the "mobilier") taxes a man on the rental value of his dwellings; and it is easy for a collector to ascertain the number of doors and windows in a house...
...meeting of head men of the club tables in Memorial Hall last evening to consider the advisability of engaging an orchestra to play during dinner hours through the football season, a committee of three was appointed to ascertain the price at which an orchestra can be engaged, and also to learn whether the small assessment per member can be charged on the February term-bill. The committee will report by Saturday, and it is probable that music will be furnished by Wednesday of next week. The committee consists of H. L. Hassler 3L., S. T. Farqubar...
...occupation cards and treasurer's blanks are lost forever in the waste-baskets of their recipients, it is well to come forward with the annual urgent appeal to the Seniors to get these papers back to the class officers at once. It is very important for the treasurer to ascertain the amount of the class funds as soon as possible, and with the charitable provision for payment in installments the subscriptions should be adequately large. The secretary's work will also be greatly facilitated if the class "lives" and occupation cards are returned now and not late in the spring...
...purports to be "a deliberate critical review of Harvard's (athletic) course for twenty years," Mr. Caspar Whitney has sought to explain and comment on the upheaval in our athletics during the past year in the May "Outing," which has just appeared. Had Mr. Whitney taken the trouble to ascertain the facts of the situation more carefully, his opinions as an impartial observer would carry more weight with those of us, at least, who are more or less familiar with conditions. When he says that soon after the Yale football game last fall, the Governing Boards appointed an investigating committee...